Group leader
Prof. Dr. Christine Beemelmanns
Department Anti-infectives from Microbiota
Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)
Saarland University, Campus E8.1
66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
- Isolation and determination of the structure of signal molecules and antimicrobial natural products
- Characterisation of interactions between microbes and eucaryotes
- Total synthesis of natural products and chemical derivatisation
Curriculum vitae
Professional career
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since 10/2022 |
Professor for Medical-Pharmaceutical Microbiota Research at Saarland University Head of the Department Anti-infectives from Microbiota at the Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) |
| 01/2022-09/2022 | Professor for Biochemistry of Microbial Metabolism at the University of Leipzig |
| 12/2013-12/2021 |
Head of the junior group Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host-Interactions at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll-Institute, Jena |
| 2011-2013 | Postdoc at the Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, supervisor: Prof. J. Clardy, BCMP, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology |
| 2010-2011 | Postdoc at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, chemical faculty (Tokyo, Japan) supervisor: Prof. K. Suzuki |
| 2010 | Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry, summa cum laude, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2007-2010 | PhD dissertation, Organic Chemistry, mentor: Prof. H.-U. Reißig at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) |
| 2006-2007 | Research period at the RIKEN, Chemistry, in the working group of Prof. M. Sodeoka (Japan) |
| 2001-2006 | Studies in Chemistry, diploma at the RWTH Aachen (Germany) |
Awards, appointments and scientific activities
| 2021 | Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Preis für Naturstoffforschung, DECHEMA |
| 2020 | Dozentenpreis des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| 2020 | Visiting Professor in Madison Wisconsin USA |
| 2019-2024 | ERC Starting GRant MORPHEUS |
| 2014-2015 | Postdoc fellowship from the Daimler and Benz Foundation and the Reinhard Frank Foundation |
| Since 2014 | Membership VAAM, FEMS and IUMS. Dechema |
| 2011-2013 | Postdoc fellowship from the Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften; Postdoc fellowship from the DFG rejected |
| 2011 | Ernst-Reuter-Award of the Freie Universität Berlin; Ernst-Reuter-Gesellschaft der Freunde, Förderer und Ehemaligen der Freien Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany) |
| 2010-2011 | Postdoc fellowship from the DAAD |
| Since 2010 | Member of the commission, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2007-2010 | Networking fellowship for doctoral researchers at the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2007-2009 | Doctoral fellowship funded by the Verband Chemischen Industrie (VCI) |
| 2006 | Springorum commemorative coin from the RWTH Aachen (Aachen, Germany) |
| 2006 | Procter and Gamble award, expert group chemistry at the RWTH Aachen |
| 2006-2007 | RIKEN fellowship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2004-2006 | Studies in chemistry: fellowship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| Since 2003 | Member of the GDCH |
| 2003 | Chemical award from the faculty for mathematics, informatics, natural sciences, RWTH Aachen |
| 2003 | Schöneborn award from the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der RWTH Aachen e.V., RWTH Aachen (Aachen, Germany) |